I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUSFeast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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The evil that we know is best.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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